Diablo 3’s Season 28 marks yet another step in the hack and slash RPG’s lengthy post-launch journey, giving players more reasons to venture into Hell and beyond. As is the case with all limited-time content, knowing what its start and end dates helps with planning out your approach to obtaining all available rewards.
Diablo 3’s Season 28 start and end dates are rather hard to pin down prior to an official announcement from Blizzard. The game’s seasons vary in length quite a bit – ranging between 70 and 136 days – and usually have a two-week break between them, outside of special circumstances.
Diablo 3 Season 28 Release Date
Diablo 3 Seasons routinely kick off on Fridays, ending on Sundays. In the past, there have been exceptions to this rule. Season 23 and 22 ran for a total of 128 and 110 days, respectively, making them some of the longest in the game’s history.
Season 27 kicked off in late August and we expect it to end somewhere between Between February and March 2023. This gives us a rough estimate of when Season 28 might begin, but do keep in mind that the dates below remain speculative until Blizzard shares official plans.
Community Manager PezRadar has now confirmed that Season 28 will arrive on the PTR “toward the tail end of January,” making a February/March launch plausible.
Expected start date
- Diablo 3 Season 28 start date: February 24, 2023
- Diablo 3 Season 28 end date: September 10, 2023
Season 28 is now confirmed to make its way to the PTR for a week-long stay alongside patch 2.7.5.
Blizzard has announced that Diablo 3’s Season 28 has locked down its end date to September 10, 2023, at 5 PM PST/CET/KST.
Diablo 3 Season 28 Theme
Diablo 3’s Season 28 theme is Rites of Sanctuary, which brings with it seals and legendary potion powers. They make your character stronger and can be unlocked by offering specific materials to the Altar of Rites, which waits in ruins located inside the Festering Woods.
The Primordial Ashes feature then allows you to salvage a Primal Item and gain Primordial Ashes, which you can use to unlock the new potion powers.
Diablo 3 Season 28 Cosmetic Rewards
Season 16’s Conqueror Set helm and shoulder slot items are making a return, alongside portrait frames themed around the clarion call of adventure and the new Wings of Lempo item.
Anyone who completes the Season 28 Journey in its entirety will also receive Taennin the Tiny pet and Primal Hunter portrait frame.
Diablo 3 Season 28 Journey Rewards
Diablo 3’s Rites of Sanctuary Season lets players who have yet unlocked five stash tabs via the Season Journey expand their available storage space with an additional one. These are the current Season Journey tasks:
- Guardian of Sanctuary: Finish a level 70 Nephalem Rift on Torment XIII difficulty within five minutes.
- Gem of My Life: Level three Legendary Gems to level 55.
- All I Do is Win: Complete two Conquests this Season.
- In For the Kill: Kill Azmodan at level 70 in under 30 seconds on Torment X difficulty.
- Money Ain’t a Thang: Slay Greed on Torment X difficulty. Treasure Goblins outside of Nephalem Rifts will sometimes open portals to Greed’s domain, The Vault.
- Take U There: Reach Greater Rift Level 60 Solo. Greater Rift keystones can be obtained from any Nephalem Rift guardian.
- Power Amplification: Use Kanai’s Cube to augment an Ancient Legendary item with a level 50+ gem.
- Cubic Reconfiguration: Use Kanai’s Cube to reforge a Legendary item.
Diablo 3 Season 28 Seasonal Conquests
Seasonal Conquests are achievements for players who enjoy striving for personal glory and a high spot on the leaderboards, across both the game’s softcore and hardcore modes.
Speed Demon and Need for Speed task you with quickly completing a maximum level Nephalem Rift.
On a Good Day and I Can’t Stop are all about leveling three Legendary Gems to level 63, while Boss Mode and Worlds Apart challenge you to take down certain bosses within 20 minutes of starting a game.
Curses! and Stars Align test your skills during Cursed Chest events and, lastly, Years of War and Dynasty require you to reach Greater Rift level 55 solo without relying on the bonuses of six class sets.
Diablo 3 Season 28 Haedrig’s Gift
Season 28 also refreshes the class sets obtained by completing certain chapters in the Season Journey. Here are the Haedrig’s Gift sets you can unlock while Light’s calling is live:
- Barbarian – Horde of the Ninety Savages
- Crusader – Aegis of Valor
- Demon Hunter – Gears of Dreadlands
- Monk – Patterns of Justice
- Witch Doctor – Mundunugu’s Regalia
- Wizard – Typhon’s Veil
- Necromancer – Masquerade of the Burning Carnival
That’s what we know so far about Diablo 3 Season 28’s start date and end dates. For more on the franchise, here’s what Diablo 4 is slated to bring when it launches in 2023.
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